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No. 430,221. Patented Jun'e 17, 1890.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 430,221, dated June 1*?, 1890. Application filed December 17, 1889. Serial No. 334,097. (No modelJ.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that LJOHN V. STONE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Thorntown, in the county of Boone and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Gate, of which the following is a specification.

This .invention has relation to swinging gates of that class adapt-ed to be opened and closed by foot passengers or bypersons upon horseback or in vehicles; and the objects and advantages of the invention, toget-her with the novel features thereof, will be hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective of a gate constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan. Fig. 3 is a transverse section with the gate open, looking toward the latch-post` Figs. 4. and 5 are details in perspective of the latch operating and guiding levers. Fig. 6 is a detail in elevation of one of the wire-twisters.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts in all the figures of the drawings.

1 represents opposite sills, near the opposite ends of which are mounted the crosssills 2.

3 represents the hinge-post, in the inner face of which are mounted the L-shaped hinge-brackets. The post 3 is pivotally mounted between the sills 1 in front of the cross-sill 2, and in rear of the post there is mounted between the sills 1 a second post 5, connected to the post 3 by means of a metal rod 6, having tappets on its threaded ends for securely binding the two posts together. By operating the tappets it will be apparent that the post 3 may be swung toward or from the post 5, thus raising or lowering the gate for the purpose of adjusting the same or taking up any sag therein.

7 represents a diagonal brace, which extends from the lower end of the post 3 to near the upper end of the post 5.

8 representsthelatch-post,whichis mounted between the sills 1 in a similar manner as is the post 3, and in rear of the same is located the stationary post 9, braced against the post 8 by the inclined brace 10, and connected to said post by the binding-rod 11. From each of the opposite sides of the posts 3 and 8 extend the inclined braces 12,the lower ends of which are secured to the ends of the crosssills 2, an d preferably terminate in the ground. 13 represents a double catch secured to the inner face of the post 8, said catch being provided with opposite inclined ends adapted to receive a latch moving in either direction, andA above the catch there is mounted a locking-bar 11, slotted as at 15, and supported on the post by means of a bolt 16. The bar 14 by gravity alone is suspended directly over the notch in the catch,and is of such a width as to cover the entrance to the same.

17 represents a limiting-bail, which embraces the bar 11i and limits its swing from over the notch in the catch.

The gate comprises a pair of rear hinged bars 18 and two pairs of vertical bars 2O at the opposite end of the same, saidbars 20 being connected to the bar 18 by upper and lower longitudinal bars.

1f desired, ordinary panel-rails may complete the gate; but in this instance I prefer to employ wire panels extending from the bar 1S to the front pair of bars 20. The ends of the panel-wires pass through perforations formed in L-shaped wire-twisters 26, located at one end of the gate. The twisters comprise a shank 27, passed through suitable openings in the hin ge-bar of the gate and terminating in screw-threads, over which is introduced an adjusting and binding nut. The L end of the twister forms a handle 29 for rotating it to take up the slack wire, and is provided at its extremity with a lug 30, which is drawn against the face of the bar by means of the binding-nut after a sufficient twist has been made. Between bars 2O are pivoted latches 31 and 32, the former being at about the middle of the gate and the latter near the lower end, the ends of said latchbars being extended slightly beyond the front pair of vertical bars 20. A spring 33 is connected at one end to the upper latch-bar 31, and has its lower end connected to one of the vertical bars 20, and therefore normally maintains the front end of the upper latch-bar depressed.

34 represents a connecting link or bar pivotally connected at its opposite ends to the upper latch 31 and the lower latch 32, whereby said latches move in unison.

35 represents an arm connected at its lower IOO end to the upper latch-bar 3l, and having its upper end projecting above the upper bar of the gate, which upper bar is projected beyond the hinge-post and consequently beyond the pivotal point of the gate.

Upon the upper longitudinal bar of the gale, in front of the hinge-bar 18, there is pivoted at 3G an oscillating T-plate 37, the forward end of the said plate being bent at a right angle to the bar and provided with two side perforations 38 and a central perforation 39. The rear end of the plate is also upturned and perforated, as at 40.

4l represents opposite pulley-posts carrying double pulleys 42, a post and a pair of pulleys being located at each side of the gate and in line with the hinge-post thereof. In the side perforations formed in the pivoted guide-plate are fastened operating-ropes 44, one of said ropes taking over one of the pulleys at each side of the gate and terminating in a handle.

45 represents a rope attached to the upper end of the arm 85, the opposite end of the rope being passed through the central perforation formed in the guide-plate, and also through the upturned and perforated rear end of said plate and connected to the upturned perforated end of a gate-closing lever 47, pivoted at 48 to the rear end of the upper gate-bar in rear of the hinge-post, said lever being formed with a central pair of transverse arms 50, the ends of which are downwardly turned at each side of the said bar, and therefore limit the oscillations of said lever upon the bar. The rear end of the lever terminates in a transverse arm 52, perforated near its ends, and in the same are secured the inner ends of a pair of latch-operating ropes 53, each rope being passed over the unoccupied pulley at theadjacent side of the gate.

The Operation of my invention is as follows: Taking the gate in a locked position, a pull upon the terminals of eitherv of the cords or ropes 44 oscillates the latch-operating plate and draws upon the cord or rope connecting the same with the latch, thus raising the latches. As the latch 3l is elevated, the gravity-bar 14 is raised and a further pull upon the rope 44 serves to open the gate in the same direction. Vhen the gates are swung' to one side, the lower latch 32 takes over the beveled end of a catch-post 55, one of which is located at the base of each of the posts. To close the gate a pull upon the opposite rope 53 serves to release the latch 82 from the catch-post and swing the gate to, the catching of the upper latch 31 being insured by the gravity locking-bar 14, which is forced to one side and by its bail is stopped and prevents the latch from passing out at the opposite side of the catch.

' It is apparent that the gate-operating mechanism herein shown and described may be applied to gates of various constructions, and that the other elements of novelty need not necessarily be included with the mechanism mentioned.

The inclined or diagonal braces are each formed of two halves or sections 57 and 58, pivoted at their outer extremities to the corners of the gate-frame. The pairs of sections are of such a length when combined as to be greater than the exact distance from one diagonal corner of the gate-frame to the other, and their inner ends abut they are consequently at a slight angle to each other, the inner ends of the pair of sections 57 being beveled, as at 59, to rest within a V-shaped notch 60 in the adjacent ends of the other pair of sections. Diagonally below this joint there is located a parallel pair of levers 61, the free ends of which abut against the lower pair of sections 57, and consequently support said sections in position. The lower ends of the levers are connected by a cross-pin 2l, which bears on the lower panel-rail of the gate. Now it will be apparent that swinging lthe lower end of the straining-lever toward the hinge of the gate forces the sections more nearly into alignment with each other, and consequently raises the latch end of the gateframe, and thus takes up any sag at that end.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. The combination, with the hinge-post and the sills in which the post is loosely mounted, of a rear rigid post and abinding-rod adj ustably connecting the upper ends of said posts, substantially as specified.

2. The combination, with the hinge-post and the opposite sills to which it is pivoted at its lower end, of a second post arranged in rear of the hinge-post, a diagonal brace connecting the lower end of the hinge-post with the upper end of the rear post, and an adj ustable binding-rod connecting the upper ends of the two posts, substantially as speciied.

3. In a gate, the combination, with the opposite vertical end bars, one of which is provided with a series of transverse perforations, of aseries of L-shaped twisters loosely mounted in the perforations, each provided with a transversely-perforated shank and a bindingnut at one end and at its opposite end beyond the bar bent to form an L-shaped operating end terminating in an inwardly-disposed locking-lug adapted to take against the bar to prevent a rotation of the twister, and a series of wire panels having one of their ends connected with the perforations in the shanks and their opposite ends connected to the opposite vertical post, substantially as specied.

4. The combination, with a gate the upper bar of which is extended in rear of its hinge and a latch pivoted to the front end of the gate and having an arm projected therefrom, of a pivoted lever secured to the gate-bar in front of its hinge and a pivoted lever secured in rear of its hinge to the bar, arope connecting the front end of the rear lever with IOO IIO

the latch-arm and passing through a guideeye in the front lever and ropes connected to opposite sides of the two levers and terminating in hand-pulls, and posts at each side of the gate provided with twin pulleys for the reception of the ropes, substantially as specified.

5. The combination, with the hinge-gate provided with an upper bar extending in rear of the hinge and with opposite pivoted latches connected together, a spring for normally depressing the same, and a vertical latch-arm, of a 1atch-lever pivoted upon the gate-bar and having opposite upturned ends perforated, a cord or rope passed through the same and connected at one end with the latch-arm, opposite cords for operating said latch-lever for opening the gate, a rear pivoted gate-operating lever having transverse arms bent to embrace the upper bar of the gate, and having its front end connected with the latch-operating cord and terminating at its rear end in a cross-bar, cords connected to the same, and opposite posts having twin pulleys for the accommodation of the two cords at each side of the gate, and catches for engaging the lower one of the latch-bars of the gate, substantially as specified.

6. The combination, with the gate-frame, of opposite diagonally-disposed bars pivoted at their outer ends to the diagonally-opposite corners of the frame and having their adjacent ends abutting, said bars being of a combined lengthgreater than the distance from one corner of the gate-frame to the diagonally-opposite corner, and a straining-lever loosely interposed between one of said bars and a panel-rail of the gate and adapted to bind against said diagonal bars, substantially as specied.

ln testimony that l clairn the foregoing as my own I have hereto afxed my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

JOHN W. STONE. Witnesses:

EDGAR W. JoHNsoN, ROBERT CLARK. 

